Somerset school board to name interim official

9:28 PM,
Jun. 4, 2013

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Somerset County education officials have chosen an outsider to temporarily guide the tumultuous public school system unsteadied by racial divide and the sudden and premature resignation of its superintendent.

School board Chairman William Miles has confirmed an interim superintendent will be announced at tonight's meeting of the Somerset Board of Education, saying only that the selection is "nobody from the Central Office."

Recommendations for the interim post came after Marjorie Miles announced several months ago that she was resigning halfway through her four-year contract. ...